Steely Dan - Cousin Dupree guitar tab
Cousin Dupree - Steely Dan
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From the album "Two Against Nature"
Transcribed by Howard Wright
email: Howard@jmdl.com
Although it looks like the intro, verse and outro are made up of just one
chord (F7), it's obviously not *quite* that simple. The keyboards on the
original throw in the occasional Eb triad, so to keep it sounding interesting
on one guitar, try mixing the basic F7 chord with a few Eb/F shapes
and maybe an F7sus4.
INTRO:
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F7 (vamp, using a few Eb/F and F7sus4 chords)
VERSE 1:
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F7 (vamp, using a few Eb/F and F7sus4 chords)
Well I've kicked around a lot since high school
I've worked a lot of nowhere gigs
From keyboard man in a rock'n ska band
To haulin' boss crude in the big rigs
Now I've come back home to plan my next move
From the comfort of my Aunt Faye's couch
When I see my little cousin Janine walk in
All I could say was ow-ow-ouch
CHORUS:
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Note: the overall harmony suggests a C7 at the beginning of
the chorus, but the guitar plays some xx8768 chords. Try
mixing the C7 with some 8x876x (Bb/C) chords (or 8x8768 if you
can manage it!)
C7
Honey how you've grown, like a rose
Bb7
Well we used to play when we were three
Cm11 F6 Cm11 F6
How about a kiss for your cousin Dupree
Cm11 F6 Cm11 F6
How about a kiss for your cousin Dupree
(pick out the top three notes of the Cm11 and F6 chords to get the little
guitar figure that occurs here)
VERSE 2:
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She turned my life into a living hell
In those little tops and tight capris
I pretended to be readin' the National Probe
As I was watchin' her wax her skis
On Saturday night she walked in with her date
And backs him up against the wall
I tumbled off the couch and heard myself sing
In a voice I never knew I had before
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
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Eb9-5
I'll teach you everything I know
Dm7
If you teach me how to do that dance
Eb/Db
Life is short and quid pro quo
F#maj7 C7* D#m7 G#7 Dm11 G7 Dm11 G7
What's so strange about a down-home family romance?
Cm11 F7 Cm11 F7
SOLO:
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As with the verse and chorus, try varying the bits that stay on
the same G7 chord by substituting some F/G or G7sus4.
Note that the second half of the solo section is just a repeat of the
chorus chords, moved up a tone.
D7 G7*
D7* C7
Dm11 G6 Dm11 G6
Dm11 G6 Dm11 G6
VERSE 3:
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One night we're playin' gin by a cracklin' fire
And I decided to make my play
I said babe with my boyish charm and good looks
How can you stand it for one more day
She said maybe its the skeevy look in your eyes
Or that your mind has turned to applesauce
The dreary architecture of your soul
I said - but what is it exactly turns you off?
CHORUS
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C7
Honey how you've grown, like a rose
Bb7
Well we used to play when we were three
Cm11 F6 Cm11 F6
How about a kiss for your cousin Dupree
Cm11 F6 Cm11 F6
How about a kiss for your cousin Dupree
Cm11 F6 Cm11 F6
How about a kiss for your cousin Dupree
Cm11 F6 Cm11 F6
How about a kiss for your cousin Dupree
OUTRO:
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F7 (vamp, using Eb/F and F7sus4 chords)
How about a kiss for your cousin Dupree
(Repeat and fade)
Chord Shapes:
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE E A D G B E
x8786x x8888x x8886x 8 10 8 9 8 x
F7 Eb/F F7sus4 C7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
68676x 8x886x x8776x x65665
Bb7 Cm11 F6 Eb9-5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x57565 x4x343 2x332x x3231x
Dm7 Eb/Db F#maj7 C7*
EADGBE EADGBE E A D G B E E A D G B E
x6464x 46454x 10 x 10 10 8 x x 10 9 10 8 x
D#m7 G#7 Dm11 G7
EADGBE EADGBE E A D G B E E A D G B E
x5453x 35343x 10 12 10 11 10 x x 10 9 9 8 x
D7 G7* D7* G6
